Paul aims to achieve timeless style by mixing European sartorial flair with American traditions with his blog Components of Enthusiasm.  I honestly can’t remember how I came across his blog, but I’ve visited it every day since.  In fact, the idea for The Aesthete was partly inspired by him and our collaboration for The Favorite [...]

Samuel’s goal was to create a blog that told the special stories and ideas behind each of his favorite designs in his own wardrobe.  He achieved this with Industribolaget, and today his goal to inspire travel and romance within the modern man.  According to Samuel, the above head-to-toe can be work in the early Spring [...]

I really enjoyed reading all plaidout’s interview between Brandon Capps and Mr. James Wilson of Secret Forts so here it is again, from James’s perspective: “For a long time, Nashville was the last place I wanted to be from growing up.  Especially growing up skateboarding.  I would watch all these videos.  It’s all California and [...]

I have quite the inventory of pomades, creams, and waxes to keep this mane in check, and when it comes to shaving, I like nothing more than a badger hair brush and a little shaving oil on these chubby cheeks.   When I came home last night I had a door tag from FedEx with a [...]

This Toronto native’s blog, Big Eyes, has been an inspiration to me ever since I first stumbled onto the Tumblr scene.  Whether it’s Pendleton, A.P.C., or Chloe Sevigney she’s blogging about, Alex pulls together a rather motley assortment of images in a way only a seasoned photographer can.  If you feel like getting lost for [...]

The debut of Jake Davis‘s “Test Shots” series was on T Magazine last week and here we have the latest installment – a collaboration with your favorite new magazine, Inventory. Jake’s two passions in life are style and film and with this new project he’s hoping that you’ll find some inspiration for your own personal [...]

Andrew Chen is the founder and co-owner of 3sixteen, a six-year old menswear brand based in NYC.  He is also the co-owner of Self Edge New York, which opened in July of 2009 and carries some of the world’s finest denim.  With partner Johan Lam, Andew launched 3sixteen’s first full collection for fall 2008 and [...]

Brandon Capps, author of Drinkin’ and Dronin’,  has been an inspiration to me from the very beginning.  With an honest and unaffected sense of style befitting his Nashville roots, Brandon’s blog “promotes dancing, smoking, drinking, reading, hiking, fishing, shooting, and riding without inhibition like our great grandfathers before us.”  That’s a blog worth following… Flecktarn [...]

James’s blog, 10engines, has been an inspiration to me from the get-go.  His style is highly suggestive of his down-to-Earth New England (Boston/Vermont) roots, and the strong influence his English father played in his sartorial upbringing.  In a fantastic interview James gave on all plaidout (link), he says of his father, “He’ll turn up to [...]

“I was born in New York City, raised in the woods, and spend most of my time back in the city. Dirtbag construction workers are a style inspiration of mine. You can wear this look in the city or country. In my hometown of Woodstock you’ll blend in like camouflage. In the city everyone will [...]